年 — year
とし
年
year
とし
U+5E74
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #6
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1036
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- year
Readings
- On'yomi
- ねん nen
- Kun'yomi
- とし toshi
word
とし toshi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
年
toshi
year
年
月
toshitsuki
months and years
年
上
toshiue
older
年
下
toshishita
younger
お
年
玉
otoshidama
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
年
を
と
る
toshiotoru
to grow old
年
男
toshiotoko
man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
毎
年
maitoshi
every year
ねん nen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
Words by frequency and grade
123 wordsEach dot is a word containing 年: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 61 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Compound ideograph (会意). Originally depicted a person carrying harvested grain (禾, now simplified to 干). A year — the full cycle from one harvest to the next.